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English version: Question: 'Going up' (referring to climbing) is not an offense. If a monk uses it, or takes it for a sick person, it is not an offense. Question: If the three robes (Tricivara) are torn and repaired, can they be accepted? Is it necessary to donate them to others again? Answer: If the tear is as big as a cat's paw, it should be donated to others, and only after they return it can it be repaired and accepted. If it is repaired first and then donated to others, that is also acceptable. Chapter Twelve: Matters Concerning the Bowl (Patra) Question: Under what circumstances is a bowl (Patra) considered lost? Answer: If the rim is broken, or there is a hole, or there is a crack, or if oil stains are not removed, it is considered lost. If the rim is broken or there is a hole, it cannot be used again. If there is a crack, it should be sewn up and donated to others, and it can be used again after they return it. The same applies if oil stains are not removed. If it is discarded and left outside the boundary overnight, it is not considered lost. Question: Can a bowl be placed upside down on the wall? Answer: If it is wrapped in cloth, it can be placed in a clean place. If it is in a bag or hung on the wall, that is also acceptable, but it cannot be placed upside down on the wall. In the past, the group of six monks (Chabbaggiya) placed their bowls upside down on the wall, and they fell and broke. The Buddha therefore established a precept that from now on, bowls should not be placed upside down on the wall. Placing a bowl upside down on the wall is an offense of expiation (Nissaggiya Pacittiya). If it falls to the ground, it is an offense of expiation. Question: Can a monk (Bhikkhu) use a bowl to eat in the morning? Is there any fault in using it? Answer: All food should be eaten with a bowl. If a bowl is not used at all for a day, it is an offense of expiation (Pacittiya). Question: When a monk is about to finish eating, can he tilt the bowl to scoop up the remaining rice? Answer: Yes. Question: After finishing the meal, can the hand leave the bowl when eating other fruits? Answer: Yes. If the meal is not finished, it can also be temporarily left. Question: A monk must hold the bowl while eating. Can it be placed on the ground? Answer: It must be held. If it is placed on the ground, it is not an offense. Question: If a monk uses a container to hold rice and places it in the bowl, can they use each other's bowls to eat? Answer: No. It is an offense of expiation. Question: Can a bowl be used for cooking? Answer: No, cooking is an offense of expiation. Chapter Thirteen: Miscellaneous Matters Question: If a monk is robbed and the items have not yet left the boundary. The owner --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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见本物，不知诸物得取不？”答：“得取。即取即用九十事中宝相似者。当先作念。若有人认者不得取，无认者白众得取。若无众，作界内物取，不以为己取物。” 问：“众僧打揵槌食，而限外僧来不与食。犯何事？”答：“便是失利，得突吉罗。” 问：“先比丘教化作百人斋，长一人以上，应受不？教化比丘有犯不？”答：“打揵槌食应受，教化者无犯。所以尔者，打揵槌谓僧多过失。揵槌法，要作意请四方僧。僧来若多若少，一切分财饮食其于无咎。” 问：“比丘教化白衣供养众僧。若有外人来乞索，得与一升五升不？”答：“不得。若知非法故与，过五钱犯弃。若白众听，得。” 问：“主人供养诸僧，长请一日百钱。用五十自供，残者得余用不？”答：“打揵槌得。若无衣钵，不打揵槌，众和合得减用。若自损施客僧最善。” 问：“主人请比丘十日供。十日食残，用作五三日好食，犯何事？”答：“不犯。但不得更索，索犯舍堕。若不满十日去，亦犯舍堕。” 问：“主人请供十日食，自裁作一月食，得不？”答：“打揵槌得。若不打揵槌，僧有出去者、若不施后人食，后人食己分尽，食他分一饱犯弃，不饱犯舍堕。” 问：“父母兄弟破坏，得乞物赎 现代汉语译本： 问：‘见到这些东西，不知道是否可以拿取？’答：‘可以拿取。’如果拿取并使用价值相当于九十事中的宝物，应当先想：‘如果有人认领，就不能拿取；如果没有人认领，就告知大众可以拿取。’如果没有大众，就当作界内的东西拿取，但不要当作是为自己拿取东西。 问：‘众僧敲揵槌（ghantā，犍椎，集众的法器）吃饭，但界限外的僧人来了却不给饭吃，犯了什么戒？’答：‘这就是失利，犯突吉罗（duḥkṛta，恶作罪）。’ 问：‘先前的比丘教化信徒做了百人斋，多来了一人以上，应该接受供养吗？教化的比丘有犯戒吗？’答：‘敲揵槌吃饭就应该接受供养，教化的比丘没有犯戒。’因为敲揵槌意味着僧众有过失。揵槌法，需要作意邀请四方僧众。僧众来得多或少，一切都应分财饮食，这样就没有过失。 问：‘比丘教化白衣（在家信徒）供养众僧。如果有外人来乞讨，可以给一升或五升吗？’答：‘不可以。如果明知不合法还给，超过五钱就犯弃（pācattika，波逸提罪）。如果告知大众并得到允许，就可以给。’ 问：‘主人供养诸位僧人，每天给一百钱。用五十钱自己使用，剩下的钱可以挪作他用吗？’答：‘敲揵槌就可以。如果没有衣钵，不敲揵槌，僧众和合同意就可以减少使用。如果自己减少用度来供养客僧，这是最好的。’ 问：‘主人请比丘十天供养。十天的食物还剩下，用来做五天或三天的更好的食物，犯了什么戒？’答：‘不犯戒。但不得再索取，索取就犯舍堕（naiḥsargika pācattika，尼萨耆波逸提罪）。如果不到十天就离开，也犯舍堕。’ 问：‘主人请供十天的食物，自己截留下来做了一个月的食物，可以吗？’答：‘敲揵槌就可以。如果不敲揵槌，僧众有离开的，或者不施舍给后来的人吃，后来的人吃完了自己的那份，又吃了他人的那份，吃饱了就犯弃，没吃饱就犯舍堕。’ 问：‘父母兄弟破产，可以乞讨物品来赎回吗？’
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English version: Question: 'Seeing these things, I don't know if they can be taken?' Answer: 'They can be taken.' If taking and using something similar to a treasure among the ninety matters, one should first think: 'If someone claims it, it cannot be taken; if no one claims it, inform the Sangha (saṃgha, monastic community) that it can be taken.' If there is no Sangha, take it as something within the boundary, but do not take it as taking something for oneself. Question: 'When the Sangha strikes the ghantā (ghantā, bell or gong used to assemble the Sangha) for meals, but monks from outside the boundary come and are not given food, what offense is committed?' Answer: 'That is a loss of benefit, and one incurs a duḥkṛta (duḥkṛta, an offense of wrong-doing).' Question: 'A former Bhikṣu (bhikkhu, monk) instructs a donor to prepare a meal for a hundred people, and one or more extra people come. Should it be accepted? Does the instructing Bhikṣu commit an offense?' Answer: 'If the ghantā is struck for the meal, it should be accepted, and the instructing Bhikṣu does not commit an offense.' The reason is that striking the ghantā implies that the Sangha has shortcomings. According to the ghantā procedure, one must intentionally invite monks from all directions. Whether many or few monks come, everything should be divided for food and drink, and there is no fault. Question: 'A Bhikṣu instructs a Upāsaka (upāsaka, lay devotee) to make offerings to the Sangha. If an outsider comes begging, can one give them one or five升 (shēng, a unit of volume) ?' Answer: 'No, one cannot. If one knowingly gives unlawfully, exceeding five coins, one commits a pācattika (pācattika, an offense entailing expiation). If one informs the Sangha and obtains permission, one can give.' Question: 'A host makes offerings to the Sangha, providing one hundred coins per day. If fifty coins are used for personal expenses, can the remaining money be used for other purposes?' Answer: 'If the ghantā is struck, it can be used. If there are no robes and bowls, and the ghantā is not struck, the Sangha can agree to reduce the usage. If one reduces one's own expenses to support visiting monks, that is best.' Question: 'A host invites Bhikṣus for ten days of offerings. If there is food left over from the ten days, and it is used to make better food for five or three days, what offense is committed?' Answer: 'No offense is committed. But one must not ask for more; asking for more incurs a naiḥsargika pācattika (naiḥsargika pācattika, an offense requiring forfeiture and expiation). If one leaves before ten days, one also incurs a naiḥsargika pācattika.' Question: 'A host invites for ten days of food offerings, and one sets aside some to make food for a month, is that permissible?' Answer: 'If the ghantā is struck, it is permissible. If the ghantā is not struck, and some monks leave, or the food is not given to those who come later, and those who come later eat their share and then eat another's share, being full incurs a pācattika, and not being full incurs a naiḥsargika pācattika.' Question: 'If parents and siblings are bankrupt, can one beg for items to redeem them?' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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不？”答：“得。但不得称己须乞，父母兄弟得。若用讫有长，不得自入，还属所赎者。若语听用，犯堕。不听用而用，犯弃。” 问：“至酤酒家得乞财不？无事得坐语不？”答：“酤酒门一切不得入，若入犯堕。更有余门得入。若请比丘会，当问：‘能受一日戒不？’若言：‘能。’与受得住。若不受，但能一日不酤酒，得住。屠家亦尔。” 问：“劝人饮酒，犯何事？”答：“强劝不饮犯突吉罗，若饮犯堕。” 问：“道人寄白衣物，此人过期不来，与余比丘，得取不？”答：“不得取。若活是有主物，若死是僧物。” 问：“比丘暮得捉火行不？”答曰：“冬得。夏然烛亦得，若把火犯堕。” 问：“本物直一匹，因行至他方卖得五三匹，可取不？”答：“不得，犯舍堕。” 问：“一切戏负他物不偿，犯何事？”答：“戏取物及与，尽犯舍堕。” 问：“比丘尝食得食不？”答：“不得。知而食犯舍堕，前尝食人亦犯堕。若不即忏，其罪日增。昔有一执事比丘，恒知处分。当作饮食，常手拄器言：‘取是用是。’日日常尔，不忏命终，后堕饿鬼中。有一比丘无著，于夜上厕，闻呻唤声。问：‘汝是谁？’答我言：‘是饿鬼。’问：‘本作何行堕饿鬼中？’答： 现代汉语译本 问：‘可以这样做吗？’答：‘可以。但不得说是为了自己而乞讨，为了父母兄弟可以。如果用完之后还有剩余，不得自己拿走，仍然属于被赎之人。如果听从（指被赎之人的）吩咐而使用，则犯堕罪（Dukkata）。不听从吩咐而使用，则犯舍堕（Nissaggiya Pacittiya）。’ 问：‘可以去卖酒的人家乞讨财物吗？没事的时候可以坐在那里说话吗？’答：‘卖酒的人家一概不得进入，如果进入就犯堕罪。其他的门户可以进入。如果邀请比丘聚会，应当问：‘能受持一日戒吗？’如果说：‘能。’允许受戒就可以居住。如果不受戒，但能保证一日不卖酒，也可以居住。屠夫家也是一样。’ 问：‘劝人饮酒，犯什么罪？’答：‘强行劝人饮酒，对方不喝，犯突吉罗（Dukkata）；如果喝了，犯堕罪。’ 问：‘道人（比丘）寄放俗家人的东西，这个人过期不来，（比丘）把东西给其他的比丘，可以拿吗？’答：‘不可以拿。如果是活着的（人）的东西，就是有主之物；如果（那人）死了，就是僧团的物品。’ 问：‘比丘晚上可以拿着火把行走吗？’答：‘冬天可以。夏天点燃蜡烛也可以，如果拿着火把就犯堕罪。’ 问：‘原本价值一匹布的东西，因为（比丘）走到其他地方卖了五三匹（的价钱），可以拿吗？’答：‘不可以，犯舍堕。’ 问：‘一切赌博输了东西不偿还，犯什么罪？’答：‘赌博拿取财物以及给予财物，都犯舍堕。’ 问：‘比丘尝过食物之后还可以吃吗？’答：‘不可以。明知而吃就犯舍堕，之前尝过食物的人也犯堕罪。如果不立即忏悔，罪过就会日益增加。过去有一位执事比丘，总是知道如何处理事务。在制作饮食的时候，常常用手拄着器皿说：‘拿这个，用那个。’每天都这样，不忏悔就死了，后来堕入饿鬼道中。有一位比丘名叫无著（Anatha），在晚上上厕所的时候，听到呻吟的声音。问：‘你是谁？’回答说：‘我是饿鬼。’问：‘你生前做了什么事情堕入饿鬼道中？’回答说：’